Week-16 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org Fostering the rich history of Dataw Island, South Carolina Fri, 28 Feb 2025 16:11:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.datawhistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/cropped-Dataw-Historic-Foundation-logo-512x406-1-32x32.png Week-16 - Dataw Historic Foundation https://www.datawhistory.org 32 32 Slavery and Datha’s Enslaved by Jane Griffith https://www.datawhistory.org/52-sams-in-52-weeks/slavery-and-dathas-enslaved-by-jane-griffith/ Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:00:12 +0000 https://www.datawhistory.org/?p=3718 The Sams family's success and prosperity could not have been achieved without the hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children who worked silently tilling the land, harvesting the sea island cotton, building the structures, and serving their Sams masters in many ways. Datha's enslaved peoples were an undeniable and vital part of this island's plantation era history. Their lives and work on plantations on Datha Island, Ladys Island, and St. Helena Island spanned three generations of the Sams family.

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